Container treatment machine and method of treating containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorFrank Winzinger
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Abstract
A container treatment machine with at least one gripper, which can be compulsorily transported along a predetermined transport section for handling a preform or container during transport and/or acceptance and/or delivery, and including, at a holder retaining at least two gripper claws, at least one controllable electric or magnetic drive for the gripper claws, where the gripper claws can be moved relative to each other in opening and closing directions and at least between defined gripping and release positions, and where each gripper claw can be individually separately actuated by the drive in the opening and/or closing direction relative to another gripper claw of the gripper. Alternately, both gripper claws can be actuated together in the same direction.
Claims18
A container treatment machine, comprising at least one gripper arranged on a holder for compulsory transport along a predetermined transport section for handling a preform or container during at least one of transport, an accepting process, a delivering process, and a combination thereof, the gripper comprising at least one activatable electric or magnetic drive for moving at least two gripper claws provided on swivel axes of a holder, wherein the gripper claws can swivel relative to the holder and relative to each other at least between defined gripping and release positions in a gripper opening direction or a gripper closing direction, and wherein both gripper claws can be actuated separately by the at least one activatable electric or magnetic drive to swivel at asymmetric swivel angles in the gripper opening or gripper closing directions.
A container treatment machine, comprising at least one gripper arranged on a holder for compulsory transport along a predetermined transport section for handling a preform or container during at least one of transport, an accepting process, a delivering process, and a combination thereof, the gripper comprising at least one activatable electric or magnetic drive for moving at least two gripper claws provided on swivel axes of a holder, wherein the two gripper claws can swivel about the swivel axis relative to the holder and relative to each other at least between defined gripping and release positions in a gripper opening direction or a gripper closing direction, wherein at least one gripper claw can be actuated to swivel relative to the holder and relative to the other gripper claw in one of the gripper opening or gripper closing directions or both gripper claws can be actuated swivel together or separately in the same one of the gripper opening or gripper closing directions, and wherein at least one of the gripper claws is adjustable telescopically in its longitudinal direction and comprises one of an electric or magnetic accessory telescoping drive.
A container treatment machine, comprising at least one gripper arranged on a holder for compulsory transport along a predetermined transport section for handling a preform or container during at least one of transport, an accepting process, a delivering process, and a combination thereof, the gripper comprising at least one activatable electric or magnetic drive for moving at least two gripper claws provided on swivel axes of a holder, wherein the two gripper claws can swivel about the swivel axis relative to the holder and relative to each other at least between defined gripping and release positions in a gripper opening direction or a gripper closing direction, wherein at least one gripper claw can be actuated to swivel relative to the holder and relative to the other gripper claw in one of the gripper opening or gripper closing directions or both gripper claws can be actuated swivel together or separately in the same one of the gripper opening or gripper closing directions,
- wherein a respective separate magnetic drive of a gripper claw comprises inversely polarized permanent magnets connected with the gripper claw, and at least one magnet coil connected to the control, and
- wherein there are two or a plurality of magnet coils per gripper claw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.